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Oxide Images API

Images are read-only virtual disks that may be used to boot virtual machines.

Oxide Images API is one of 30 APIs that Oxide publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Image. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2026081901.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://{oxide-control-plane-host}.

6 operations 4 paths 11 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2026081901.0.0
Base URL
https://{oxide-control-plane-host}
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

images 6

Images are read-only virtual disks that may be used to boot virtual machines.

GET
/v1/images
List images
image_list 4 params → 2004XX5XX
POST
/v1/images
Create image
image_create 1 param body → 2014XX5XX
GET
/v1/images/{image}
Fetch image
image_view 2 params → 2004XX5XX
DELETE
/v1/images/{image}
Delete image
image_delete 2 params → 2044XX5XX
POST
/v1/images/{image}/demote
Demote silo image
image_demote 2 params → 2024XX5XX
POST
/v1/images/{image}/promote
Promote project image
image_promote 2 params → 2024XX5XX

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Image (11 properties), ImageCreate (5 properties), Error (3 properties), ImageResultsPage (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Image
object
View of an image If projectid is present then the image is only visible inside that project. If it's not present then the image is visible to all projects in t…
11 properties 9 required
NameOrId
Name
string
Names must begin with a lower case ASCII letter, be composed exclusively of lowercase ASCII, uppercase ASCII, numbers, and '-', and may not end with a '-'. Nam…
ImageSource
The source of the underlying image.
ByteCount
integer
Byte count to express memory or storage capacity.
Digest
ImageResultsPage
object
A single page of results
2 properties 1 required
Error
object
Error information from a response.
3 properties 2 required
NameOrIdSortMode
Supported set of sort modes for scanning by name or id
ImageCreate
object
Create-time parameters for an Image
5 properties 5 required
BlockSize
integer
Valid values are: 512, 2048, or 4096.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

oxide-computer-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Oxide publishes across the network.

Oxide Affinity API
Oxide Console Auth API
Oxide Current User API
Oxide Disks API
Oxide Experimental API
Oxide External Subnets API
Oxide Floating Ips API
Oxide Instances API
Oxide Ip Pools API
Oxide Login API
Oxide Metrics API
Oxide Policy API
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